My brother Dave Spooner, who has died of cancer aged 69, spent 40 years in the international trade union movement, and for the past 14 years was director of the Global Labour Institute (GLI) in Manchester.
At GLI from 2010, Dave promoted solidarity among trade unions around the world through education and research. He had a particular interest in helping to organise workers in the informal economy, co-operating closely with the Building and Wood Workers’ International, the International Union of Food Workers and the International Transport Federation.
